#EEC03B#EEC03B

#EEC03B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.151 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC03B
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 84%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 75.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 3.80, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 69.01, 86.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% 0.0034 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.151 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9022, 56.1958, 12.0920)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC03B #3B69EE

analogous

#EE663B #EEC03B #C2EE3B

triadic

#EEC03B #3BEEC0 #C03BEE

tetradic

#EEC03B #3BEE66 #3B69EE #EE3BC2

square

#EEC03B #3BEE66 #3B69EE #EE3BC2

split-complementary

#EEC03B #3BC2EE #663BEE

monochromatic

#A17B0E #D9A613 #EEC03B #F3D273 #F8E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#EEC03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#EEC03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC03B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC03B	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.151 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d27a',
    500: '#eec03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec03b;
$custom-light: #f8d27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.581,
    "s": 84.038,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82667,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC03B

secondary

#2A49A3

accent

#62FA2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC03B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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